By Shanna Hanbury Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing many giraffe species as either endangered or threatened. It’s the first time the long-necked mammals, native to Africa, would receive federal ...

Seven species of pangolin could soon be federally protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, an animal which officials have called "the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal.". In an ...

Despite steep population declines driven by poaching, habitat loss, and inbreeding, only one species — Temminck's pangolin of Africa -- is currently protected under the US Endangered Species Act.

Giraffe Manor, where tourism funds conservation in battle to save Africa's giraffe 03:57. Giraffe populations are in trouble — and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed ...

Ghost elephants are “refugees in their own homelands, moving in secret between small patches of habitat,” the Elephant Crisis Fund explains in a report.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials proposed on Wednesday, Nov. 20, that giraffes need new protections under the United States Endangered Species Act.

A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning 'pertaining to ...

World’s largest insect faces extinction: how to save two species of Africa’s giant Goliath beetle Luca Luiselli, The Rivers State University of Science and Technology Thu, February 27, 2025 at ...

Cichlids are a type of freshwater fish popular in the fish collecting hobby. Many species of cichlids originate from lakes in East Africa, such as Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi.

Africa's pangolin crisis: The delicacy that's driving a species to the brink. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 06 / 250614034233.htm ...

More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically endangered by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority.